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AS LS1 Vocabulary
Astronomy Learning Set 1 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Crater | a rounded depression in the surface of a planet, moon, or solid body. |
| Impact crater | a crater formed when an object strikes a planet, moon, or solid body. |
| Hypothesis | a prediction of what will happen to a dependent variable when a change is made to the independent variable while other variables are held constant. |
| Meteoroid | a small-solar system body that has the potential to become a meteor. |
| Meteor | an object that enters Earth’s atmosphere with such speed that it glows. |
| Dwarf planet | a rounded solar-system body that is smaller than a planet. |
| Asteroid belt | a region of the solar system between Mars and Jupiter in which most asteroids are located. |
| Asteroid | a rocky or metallic solar-system body that revolves around the Sun, between 10 m and around 500 km in diameter. |
| Comet | a small, icy solar-system body that revolves around the Sun and forms a tail as it gets closer to the sun. |
| Coma | the cloud of gas and dust that forms around a comet as parts of the comet vaporize. |